Day: 27 November 2014

Government invests £214m in cycling schemes to help cut air pollution

The UK Government will introduce a package of measures totalling £214m in a bid to help double the number of bicycle journeys made by 2020.

UN climate change deal must have legally binding targets, says EU

An international deal on global warming must have legally binding targets, Europe will argue at a UN climate summit in Peru next week.

Companies urged to realise true cost of extreme weather

Public and private sector organisations are being advised to report their maximum probable annual losses caused by extreme weather, compared with their current assets and operations.

Spaceflight sustainability: Houston, we have a (pollution) problem

In the wake of a historic moment in space exploration - the first landing of a robot on a comet - edie got to wondering about the environmental impacts and whether we are destroying the planet by trying to leave its atmosphere so often.

Novelis Leads Global Effort to Increase Closed-Loop Recycling and Reduce Carbon

As the year draws to a close, we are delighted to publish our 2014 Sustainability Report, which shows solid progress towards our business and sustainability objectives, even in the face of some significant market challenges.

Royal Society report: Resilience to extreme weather

Extreme weather has a huge human cost that cannot be quantified. Between 1980 and 2004 the economic cost has been estimated to be US$1.4 trillion. This shows that societies are not resilient to extreme weather today, and our analysis shows that the risk it poses is increasing.

£240m boost for UK offshore wind sector

The UK's position as a world leader in offshore wind power generation has been cemented with a new £240m investment from the Green Investment Bank (GIB).

EU clamps down on shipping industry emissions

The European Commission is tightening its regulations surrounding the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the shipping sector with a new CO2 tracking law and a sulphur oxides cap.

Scientists turn sawdust into renewable fuel

Belgian researchers have developed a new process allowing them to turn sawdust into the building blocks for gasoline.

Scottish renewable energy overtakes nuclear in 2014

Scotland has broken renewable energy generation records, producing 10.3TWh of electricity in the first half of 2014 and overtaking nuclear as the country's main source of power.

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